ispot local: bioblitzes and crowd-sourced digital data

iSpot  Local:  bioblitzes  and    crowd-­‐sourced  digital  data  

 Doug  Clow    CALRG  Conference,  13  June  2011  

Open  EducaEonal  Resources  (OER)  

Par$cipatory  learning  InteresEng  

Social  

CreaEve  

AcEve  

Open-­‐ended  

Bioblitzes  •  24  hours  •  Public  •  Wildlife  survey  •  Experts  on  hand   Popular:  

•  engagement  •  outreach    •  science  •  learning  

•  Capture  of  data  not  good    •  Not  part  of  ongoing  learning  acEviEes  

iSpot  Local  

•  iSpot  Local  website  –  CC-­‐BY,  linked  to  iSpot  •  Six  seVngs:    schools,  public  sites,  local  authority  

•  Bioblitz  as  key  mediaEng  event  for  co-­‐creaEon  and  crowd-­‐sourcing  of  digital  content  and  learning  

Project  structure  

•  Partnership  – OU  –  iSpot  Local  website  – Ambios  –  on-­‐the-­‐ground,  community  engagement  

– Learning  South  West  –    learning  stakeholders  

•  JISC  eContent  programme  •  March  to  September,  £100k  

Technical  

•  iSpot  –  stores  observaEons  with  tag  •  iSpot  Local  –  community  content  (Drupal)  plus  visualisaEon  of  bioblitz  observaEons  (API)  

Sharpham  Bioblitz  

•  94  visitors  •  420  records  on  iSpot  

–  Previous  best  38  •  409  idenEficaEons  

Semi-­‐public  site  Marsh  improvement  plan  

•  246  different  species  –  143  plants  –  72  invertebrates  –  13  birds  

Sandford  Bioblitz  

•  Primary  school  •  SEll  processing  data!  

•  Model  – PreparaEon  – On  the  day  – Follow-­‐up  learning  and  engagement  

•  Lots  of  nidy-­‐gridy  organisaEonal  detail  

•  Four  more  bioblitzes  •  Follow-­‐up  learning  acEviEes  and  engagement  •  EvaluaEon  •  Follow-­‐on  funding  and  sustainability  

•  iSpot Team: Jonathan Silvertown, Doug Clow, Richard Greenwood, Richard Lovelock, Julian Clark-Lowes, Mike Dodd, Martin Harvey, Donal O’Donnell, Jenny Worthington, Marion Edwards, Jon Rosewell, Janice Ansine, iSpot Mentors

•  iSpot Local Partners: Simon Roper, Simon Mauger, Paula Jones

•  Photos: Doug Clow, Ambios

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